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SICK LEAVE:
4.24 Computation of Sick Leave: Sick leave shall be earned and computed at the following rates:
a. For non-law enforcement personnel, at the rate of eight (8) hours for each increment of
173.3 hours actually worked not counting overtime.
b. For law enforcement personnel, at the rate of eight and one half (8.5) hours for each
increment of 185.25 hours actually worked not counting overtime.
c. Sick leave hours earned shall be credited to each employee's sick leave bank at the
beginning of a pay period and may be carried forward from the year in which it was
earned by an eligible employee and kept for use by that employee.
d. Sick leave may be used only by the employee who earned it. Sick leave credit may not be
loaned or traded to be used by another employee.
4.25 Use of Sick Leave: Sick leave may be used for any of the following reasons:
a. Sick leave credit shall not be available for use until the first day of the pay period
following the pay period in which it was earned. All eligible employees must complete
six months of service prior to being entitled to their sick leave privileges.
b. Sick leave must be approved by the appointing authority. In cases where the employee
will be off from work for more than seven consecutive calendar days, the Director of
Human Resources will be notified. Departments may use the remarks section of the
county personnel action form (NCF-1) to transmit this information.
c. Sick leave may be used in one-hour increments.
d. No paid sick leave shall be granted in excess of the employee's accrued sick leave credit.
e. Sick leave may be used by the employee to care for a sick or injured member of the
employee's immediate family. For this purpose, immediate family includes the employee's
spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or sibling when that person resides with the employee
or is a dependent of the employee.
f. Pregnancy shall be treated as any other condition which warrants sick leave usage. In no
case shall sick leave usage exceed sick leave credit.
g. An employee who (due to illness or injury) becomes incapacitated for work for more than
seven consecutive calendar days while on paid vacation, may substitute sick leave credits
for vacation. However, the request for sick leave substitution must be submitted for
approval to Commissioners Court on a NCF-1 and must be accompanied by a doctor's
statement or other evidence that substantiates the illness or injury.
h. Paid holidays immediately preceding, immediately following, or wholly within the period
for which sick leave is granted shall not be regarded as part of such period of sick leave.
4.26 Sick Leave Practice: Requests for sick leave shall include the following:
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Approved by Commissioners Court on January _____, 2013